Anon Possibly (11 results)

Red cloth lettered in gilt. A few blemishes to cloth, in general a bright, very good copy. A survey of literary patronage, much to do with 19th century British authors. An uncommon book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by H. G. C. Marsh Lambert (illustrator). Presumed First UK Edition. No date, circa 1920s (COPAC gives it as 1927? ) Illustrated paper covered boards. Corners bumped/scuffed. Red cloth spine. Browning to the illustrated endpapers, and page fore-edges. Full page coloured frontispiece. Illustrated title page. A Dot-to Dot drawing book, All the dot-to-dots have been filled in - but in pencil and I have rubbed out one with a soft eraser, so all can be removed if needed. The first tale is about an elf and followed by poems and other little tales and pictures of various things. Profusely illustrated throughout in black and white - all illustrations by H. G. C. Marsh Lambert. Unpaginated (c. 70 pages) . A Delightful Period book. See Images.; Follow the Dots and Make Your Own Pictures; 24mo 5" - 6" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. WITH 314 PAGES , OLIVE COLOURED CLOTH , HARD COVER , BLACK LETTERED , PREVIOPUS OWNER'S NAME O/W NO MARKINGS , VERY GOOD CONDITION * AN UNUSUAL ITEM BEING TALES OF THE ROYAL IRISH CONSTABULARY ISSUED AT THE PEAK OF THE 'TROUBLES' THE AUTHOR IS ANON. POSSIBLY BY EITHER TERENCE MAHON OR MORE PROBABLY MAJOR AUBREY WAITHMAN, PROBABLY PRINTED AS 'PROPOGANDA'.

Decorative hard covers. Condition: V.g. No Jacket. 1st edition. Juvenile inscription on front pastedown. The book was first published in 1875. Weight: 1 Language: English.

George Routledge & Sons. London. No date, circa 1870. A New Edition. Small 8vo hardback, original blue cloth gilt with mounted colour vignette of bird to upper board. 155 pages plus [20] pages of publisher's adverts. Coloured frontis. Slight lean to spine, head of spine slightly frayed, tail crumpled, slight wear to corners, two 19th century ownership inscriptions, pages foxed otherwise a clean and sound copy of a scarce item.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Published: Undated c1923 (Dated from last occupant at the Rectory (I believe this is refering to THE OLD RECTORY IN CHESHAM BOIS) on page 48.). Description: Vintage hand typed account of the History of Amersham including newspaper articles on the 'Amersham Martyrs' and local towns. Possibly name of author to inside cover "Gosling". Language: English. Book Condition> Good: Light wear to corners, edges and spine. Annotation to inside cover. Lightly aged toned pages with some (author?) annotations to text. DJ Condition> No DJ. Pages 55 plus index. Size: 8vo 26cm by 20cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 volumes printed in 1852 & 1855. Volume 1 comprises a folding frontispiece of the floor plan showing the areas the exhibition exhibitors were grouped and their field of manufacturing, this has a closed split at fold line and a closed tear also, but complete. Volume 2 has a iv pp contents & 410 pages with both volumes having woodcut vignette style illustrations, original brown blind stamped cloth, gilt titles on the spines numbered 1+2. Small thick octavo. Condition is about very good. Printed with a gap of 3 years 1852-55. (2).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. (4.6 x 3.6 inches). 8pp, plus publishers green wraps, printed in black to the front panel with title, publisher and woodcut illustration. Unsewn but with the later addition of a pin to keep it all together. Each page with one or two, a total of ten, woodcuts and text printed below. A few creases to the page edges but overall a very good example of this rare edition. ---- No copy of this edition listed on Worldcat or Copac. ---- Fairburn was located at this address from 1820 to 1842.- P.A.H. Brown. London publishers and printers. p. 65. ---- The Osborne collection in Toronto has a similar edition, dated 1820 and published by Fairburn, that it records as being illustrated by Smeeton.

Londres. 1886. First edition thus. Limited to 150 copies. [Printed by S. Pointer 180-182 High Holborn, London] Two volumes with continuous pagination bound in one. 508 pages. Both title pages present and have an engraved vignette to each, the first volume has a masturbating faun. Handsomely bound in full vellum gilt, red lettering piece, slightly rubbed. prelims lightly foxed, pages browned otherwise a very clean and sound copy. Nerciat (17391800) was a soldier, poet, composer, playwright and novelist, and a spy under both the Ancien Régime and the Republic. He travelled to countries throughout Europe during the course of his busy, sometimes turbulent career, and spent most of the last two years of his life in prison after being arrested by French forces in Italy in 1798, probably for his activities as a double agent. He is mostly remembered today for his libertine writings, including Félicia, ou mes frédaines (Félicia, or My Frolics) in 1775, Le diable au corps (Devil in the Flesh) in 1789, and Les Aphrodites.

Condition: Mint. Spring Valley, New York 1992. Feldheim. Five hardcover octavo volumes. 400-500 pages per volume. Text in both English and in Hebrew. Fully pictorial glossy covers. In matching hardcover box. Never Used. Absolutely Mint condition. The Sefer haHinnuch was written in 13th century Spain and now "a popular classic in our Torah heritage largely because the author finds an understandable reason, benefit or purpose in just about every mitzvah." (ed) Wonderful Gift! Pictures available on request.

Condition: VG. One volume. 6-1/2 X 8 inches. Fully ink manuscript. (There is a slight possiblity that this a diary of the illustrator John Leech . Title page gives place as Islington and date as 1848 (other near year dates as 1851 on one newspaper clipping) which is consistent with Leech's location in that year but there is no name given for the writer of the diary.) There are 106 pages of ink handwritten text with 6 hand drawings, some in ink and some in pencil ( and a pencil sketch of a man's head which is so faint as to be barely visible.) Although Leech's name does not appear anywere on the notebook, the drawing of two boys on p. 19 is initialled by Leech and the style of all the drawings is the same as published drawings by Leech. Perhaps the drawings are just very successful copies of printed drawings by Leech. A brief perusal of all his known drawings by Leech did not match any seen in this diary. The handwriting is possibly not all by the same person but it is hard to tell. Several of the drawings have a small note nearby indicating that they appeared in Punch. Numerous newspaper clippings, almost all about Graphology and how handwriting can reveal writer's personality, are laid in. 4to., 3/4 red leather binding. Binding is very secure. Text is clean and the writing is neat but often, though not always, it is very difficult to read due to excessively squiggly notation. Album exterior is worn. Internally VG with secure binding, hinges not cracked, no tears. Unique and interesting. Pictures available on request.